Flygskam

Despite flying being the single fastest way to grow our individual carbon footprint, people still want to fly. Passenger numbers even grew by 3.3% globally last year alone. The hype around “Flygskam” – a global movement championed by climate activist Greta Thunberg that encourages people to stop travelling by plane…

Despite flying being the single fastest way to grow our individual carbon footprint, people still want to fly. Passenger numbers even grew by 3.3% globally last year alone. The hype around "Flygskam"a global movement championed by climate activist Greta Thunb…

Despite flying being the single fastest way to grow our individual carbon footprint, people still want to fly. Passenger numbers even grew by 3.3% globally last year alone. The hype around “Flygskam” – a global movement championed by climate activist Greta Thunberg that encourages people to stop travelling by plane…

David Doran Taking a flight is rarely a pleasant experience. Battling traffic or train delays to reach the airport two hours before your departure, sitting in a glorified shopping mall awaiting your turn to be herded on to a metal tube, and then wedging yourself into an uncomfortable seat while…

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you will have noticed that there has been a shift in the conversation on climate change in recent years. Spearheaded by Greta Thunberg, the project to reduce man-made carbon emissions has moved nearer and nearer the top of the agenda. As a result…

I’ve always loved train journeys, but with flygskam changing people’s travel preferences across Europe (and possibly worldwide, though probably not that much), I decided to take train to FOSDEM this time. When I first went to FOSDEM which, just in case you don’t know, happens each February in Brussels at…

For the second year in a row, the number of passengers on German domestic flights has declined, according to data from the German Airports Association (ADV), as reported by the news service Tagesschau on Saturday. The number of domestic passengers in 2019 fe…

One of the best work trips I ever took was the overnight train from London King's Cross to Edinburgh: I had a comfortable berth, went from city centre to city centre, arrived rested and refreshed, and did not have to endure the indignities and discomforts of …

Jerri-Lynn here. Regular readers are probably aware of my fondness for night trains  (see Take the (Night) Train Redux, and Take the (Night) Train).. Seems Im not the only one who tries to patronise these services whenever possible. The post focuses on the …

For as long as I can remember, money has burned a hole in my pocket the moment I cross the threshold of a clothes shop. As a teenager, I would pore over catalogues and fashion magazines, dreaming of the day my shopping budget would exceed my meagre pocket mon…